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arrears PATENT @FFHQE CHARLES S. AYRES, OF RIVERTON, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR, IBY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CHAS. S. AYRES, INCL,

OF NEW JERSEY.

OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION FOLDABLE HAND BAG.

Application filed October 12, 1922. Serial No. 593,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. Anne, a citizen of the United States,residing at Riverton, in the county ofBurlington and State of. NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldableHand Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in foldable hand bags and aims toprovide a hand bag of novel, simple, inexpensive and efiicientconstruction which may be manufactured of paper or card board or othersuitable inexpensive material and which may be readily folded into acompact, fiat condition for packing and shipping purposes, and-openedfor service when desired and which when open-for service will simulateand have substantially all the advantages of hand bags of a well'knowntype now extensively manufactured at a greater cost and sold upon themarket in large numbers.

The invention resides in the novel hand bag and in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangementof the elemental parts thereofhereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hand bag in the opencondition. I

Figure 2 is a similar view thereof with the top or upper portion of thebag closed.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the bag in the conditions shown in Figs. 1and 2.

Figure 4 is a side View of the bag folded in the compact, flatcondition.

Figures 5 and 6 are bottom and end views, respectively, of the bag inthe flat condition shown in Fig. 1.

Figures 7 and 8 are vertical sections throughthe ba on lines 7-? and8-8, respectively, of Fig. 4.

Figure 9 is a view of a card board blank from which the entire bagexclusive of the handles may be made.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates the bottom wall of the bag, 3, 3the end walls thereof, and 4, 4 the side walls thereof.

The side walls 4 are provided with handles 5, 5 which are glued.stitched, or otherwise suitably secured to the upper central portionsthereof. The handles 5 project above the side walls and they are adaptedto be grasped 1n one hand of the person using or carrying the bag whenthe upper portions of the side walls 4' are brought together to closethe bag, as shown in Fig. 2.

One of the side walls 4 is provided with two proJecting' ton es 6,6located on the respective sides 0 its handle 5. tongues 6 are adapted tobe turned downwardly over the upper edges of the side walls l when theyare brought together, as shown in Fig. 2, and the tongues 6 are providedwith lateral projections 9, 9 adapted to be inserted into slots 10, 10in the opposite side wall 4 when the'tongues are turned downwardlyadjacent thereto. it will thus be understood that the tongues 6 formfastenin devices to hold the upper portions of the slde wallsl in theclosed position shown in Fig. 2.

Each end wall 3 is provided with a central, vertical crease 11 extendingfrom the top to the bottom thereof, and the bottom wall 2 is providedwith a central, longitudinal crease 12 which extends from end to endthereof and meets the lower ends of the vertical creases 11 in the endwalls 3.

Each end wall 3 is provided with a transverse crease 13 which extendsfrom side to side thereof and crosses the vertical crease 11.

Each end wall 3 is provided with two creases 14, 14 which convergeupwardly from the sides of the bottom of the end wall to the verticalcrease 11 therein and meet each other and the vertical crease 11 at apoint spaced above the bottom of the end wall a distance substantially eual to one-half of the width of the end wa l; and each end wall 3 isprovided with two creases 15, 15 which converge upwardly from the endsof the transverse crease 13 to the vertical crease 11, as clearly shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Each side wall 4: is provided with a horizontal crease 16 extendingthroughout the length thereof with its ends meeting the adjacent endsoil the transverse creases 13 in the end walls 3.

The bag may be folded into the flat condition, shown in Figs. 4 to 8,inclusive, for packing and shipping purposes; it may be opened to thecondition shown in Fig. 1 to receive an article or articles to becarried therein; and the upper portions of the end These and side wallsof the bag may be folded inwardly to close the top of the bag, as shownin Fig. 2, when the bag is in service.

When the upper portion of the bag is closed from the condition shown inFig. l to the condition shown in Fig. 2, the portions of the end walls3, above the creases 13 therein and below the creases 15 therein foldinwardly and downwardly toward the bottom wall 2, the portions of theend walls 3 above the creases 15 therein fold inwardly toward the sidewalls 4 while the side walls 4 above the creases 16 therein foldinwardly toward each other and toward the portions of the end walls 3being folded inwardly until the upper ed e portions of the side walls 4meet each ot er. As the upper portion of the bag is thus closed, theupper portions of the four vertical corners of the bag and the creases13, 15 and 16 act as .hinges; and, after the bag is thus closed, thetongues 6 on one side wall 4 are turned downwardly over the oppositeside wall 4 and the projections 9 of the tongues are tucked into theslots 10, holding the bag in the closed position shown in Fig. 2 withthe handles 5 in .regist with each other to be grasped by one ban tocarry the bag thereby. The upper portion of the bag may be opened fromthe condition shown in ig. 2 to the condition shown in Fig. 1 by areversal of the operation just described, and it may be thus closed andopened as often as desired.

When the bag is folded into the flat condition shown in Figs. 4 to 8',inclusive, from the condition shown in Fig, 1, the portions of thebottom wall 2 on the respective sides of the crease 12 therein arefolded upwardly between the side walls 4, the portions of the. end walls3 above the creases 14 therein on the respective sides of the verticalcrease 11 are folded outwardly and toward each other and the portions ofthe end walls 3 below the creases 14 therein on the respective sides ofthe vertical crease 11 are folded inwardl toward each other and towardand into registry with the similarly shaped portions of the end walls 3above the creases 14 and below the creases 11 which are being foldedoutwardly. As the bag is thus folded into the flat condition, thevertical corners of the bag, the corners formed by the union of thebottom wall 2 and side walls 4, and the creases 11 and 14 act as hinges.

The blank shown in Fig. 9 is formed into the bag by folding the sidewalls 4 and end Walls 3 on the lines 20 and 21, respectively, and byfolding the flaps 22 and 23 on the sides of the end walls 3 inwardly andstitching, gluing or otherwise suitably securing them to the adjacentend portions of the side walls 4. The same reference numerals are usedto designate like parts of the blank and the finished bag shown in Figs.1 to 8, inelusive.

I claim as my invention:

1. A foldable hand bag comprising side walls and foldable end and bottomwalls, each end wall having a vertical crease extending from the top tothe bottom thereof, a transverse crease extending from side to sidethereof and crossing the verticalcrease, and diagonal creases whichconverge upwardly from the transverse crease, said vertical creasespermitting the end'walls to be folded to bring the side walls towardeach other to collapse the bag and said transverse and diagonal creasespermitting the upper portions of the end walls to be folded inwardly tostiffen the bag and prevent accidental folding of the end walls on saidvertical creases when the bag is uncollapsed.

, 2. A foldable hand bag comprising end walls, side walls and a foldablebottom wall and having a longitudinal crease extending centrally throughthe end and bottom walls and having in the region of each junction ofthe end and bottom walls a pair of diagonally extending creases whichdiverge from said longitudinal crease to bottom corners of the bag andpermit the ends and bottom walls to be folded to bring the side wallstoward each other to collapse the bag, each end wall having a transversecrease extending from side-to side thereof and crossing the longitudinalcrease, and each end wall having diagonal creases which convergeupwardly from the transverse crease, the transverse and last nameddiagonal creases permitting the upper portions of the end walls to befolded inwardly to bring the upper portions of the side walls towardeach other to close the upper portion of the bag when it is uncollapsed,

3. A foldable hand ba comprising end walls, side walls and a foldablebottom wall, the bottom wall having a central longitudinal creasetherein, each end wall having a central vertical crease therein, eachend wall having creases therein which converge upwardly from the sidesof the bottom of the end wall to the vertical crease therein at a pointspaced above the bottom of the end wall a distance substantially equalto onehalf of the width of the end wall, each end wall having atransverse crease therein extending from side to side thereof above thesaid creases therein which converge upwardly, and each end wall havingcreases therein which converge upwardly from the ends of the transversecrease to the vertical crease therein.

4. A foldable hand bag comprising end walls, side walls having theiruppeiycentral portions provided with carrying handles, and a foldablebottom wall, the bottom wall having a central longitudinal creasetherein,. each end wall havin a central vertical crease therein, eachenr wall having creases therein which converge upwardly from the ame-7esides of the bottom of the end Wall to the vertical crease therein at apoint spaced above the bottom of theend Wall a distance substantiallyequal to one-half of the Width 6 of the-end wall, each end Wall having atransverse crease therein. extending from side to side thereof above thesend creases therein which converge upwardly, and each end wall havingcreases therein which converge upwardly from the ends of the trans- 1verse crease to the vertical crease therein.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature hereto,

CLES S. AYRES.

